Community Choice

Community Choice programs are aggregating the buying power of communities to offer values-aligned energy options and competitive prices to customers. Sage is supporting this landmark shift toward local and renewable generation by offering our independent energy planning, owner's representation, technical advisory, and performance verification services to CCAs seeking to establish new, or leverage existing, energy assets.

Zero Net Energy (ZNE)

Sage helps clients define ZNE, develop ZNE policies in compliance with Title 24 and other building energy efficiency standards and net zero energy requirements, and lay out clear pathways to meet these policies across their building portfolio. Sage works with clients to show how ZNE can be leveraged for LEED and other green building certifications, which can further improve the working environment of buildings

As of November 1, 2017, the available pool of funds for the popular financing mechanism, Clean Renewable Energy Bonds, or CREBs, has been exhausted. Sage reviews the remaining options for financing solar.

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has issued a new decision that expands eligibility to public agencies for grandfathering existing Time of Use (TOU) periods in PG&E, SCE, and SDG&E territories. Any public agency planning a solar PV project should immediately begin work to submit their project interconnection applications before the new December 25 deadline to qualify for TOU grandfathering.